Factual Information'

Jeffrey G. Fleishman and Ann Wlazelek have, in their Sept. 1 article entitled "Medi-Business The Evolution of Health Care in the Valley", managed to squeeze three factual errors into one sentence.

1. Jack I. Greenblat is a vice-president of A.M. Barber Inc., not of its parent, Beyer-Barber Inc.

2. Beyer-Barber Inc. is an actuarial and employee benefit consulting company, not a financial consulting company.

3. Beyer-Barber Inc. provides actuarial and employee benefit consulting service for HealthEast; it does not manage its pension funds.

It probably is of no interest to you that Beyer-Barber Inc.'s relationship with components of this hospital system originated in 1965; Jack Greenblat has served on the Lehigh Valley Hospital Center Board since 1983.

If you are truly interested in providing your readers with factual information, you owe them a correction.

Aman M. Barber Jr.

Allentown

Editor's note: Jack I. Greenblat is listed in a 1986 HealthEast publication as "Vice President, Beyer Barber." Information relating to points 2 and 3 in the above letter was given incorrectly to reporter Fleishman.